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N0. 302,465. Patented July 22, 1884.

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' Unirse STATES PATENT Ormea.

ALFRED L. BARON AND VILLIAM T. RUFER, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THEMSELVES AND BENJAMIN E. COCKAYNE, OE SAME PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,465, dated July 22, 1l84.

Application filed December 28, 1883.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED L. BARON and NVILLIAM T. BUFER, of Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and Stateof Ollio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns, and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Our improvements relate to what are commonly known as hinged-top lanterns, and are specially adapted for the use of railroad employs, and are mainly connected with the construction of the globeguard and the hinged top, and the pivoting of both together,with a view to cheapness and accuracy in manufacture and increased durability and efficiency in use.

The invention therein consists, mainly, in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the guard, in the construction of the lantern-top,and in the means by which the guard is hinged to the top of the lantern, and in the various other combinations of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

For the better comprehension of our invention, attention is invited to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis an elevation of our lantern with the hinged top thereof partly opened; Eig. 2, a detail showing the manner of securing the breast and vertical wires of the guard together, and Fig. 3 a view of the blank for the clasp employed in making said connection. Eig. 4 is a top view of the upper part of the guard with the hinged top thrown back, and Fig. -5

a view in detail showing the ends of a horizontal breast-wire meeting over one of the vertical wires of the guard.

Like letters denote corresponding the several views.

A represents the base of the lantern, which contains the oil-reservoir, and B the globeband, hinged to said base and supporting the globe C, all of which may be of any of the wellknown forms. The globe-guard is composed of horizontal wires ce and b and vertical wires c, the lower ends of the latter being secured to the globe-band B. These wires c, which are in separate pieces, are secured to and supparts in (No model.)

port at their upper ends the annulaitop wire, a, by means of clasps d, which secure such ends directly under the annular wire a. This annular wire is not an entire ring, but its ends are separated and pass through proper perforations in the reflector D, and are bent around the edge of the same and form loops or hinges ff for the lantern-top, being supported near such hinges by two of the vertical wires c c. 6o This top wire, a, further serves as a support for the reflector D when the lantern-top is closed, and as a catch for the latch g, which is a long wire spring curved in form and extending around a considerable portion of the under side of said reliector, and has its outer or free end held in position by a guard, 7L. A breast wire, b, passes centrally around the outside of the vertical wires c c, and is so arranged that its ends meet directly over one of -the vertical 7o wires,where it is secured by a clasp, c, as well as at the points where it crosses the other vertical wires. This clasp is of metal, made from a blank preferably of the fo'rm and construction shown in Fig. 3, having two wings, c c', 75 at each end, and with its body e2 widened somewhat. In securing the wires together with this clasp e the body of it is applied to the outside of thebreast-wire,or to the top of the annular wire, and the wings are bent around the vcr- 8o tical wires, and all are firmly secured, preferably, by solder. In order to effect a firm and yet elastic snpport by thelantern-top to the globe, we employ awell-known spiral spring and diaphragm, the 8 5 former arranged between the upper inner surface of the top and this diaphragm, which is placed in the rlue-opening of said top. W'hen the top is closed down upon the top of the globe, the diaphragm yields a little, but the 9o spring keeps it with proper pressure constantly against the top of said globe, so that any sudden movement of the lantern will not displace the globe, and an accidental fall of the lantern renders the globe less liable to fracture. 9 5

The principal advantages asserted in these improvements may be found in the increased strength of the several parts, and in the increased durability and efficiency ofthe lantern.

Vhat we claim as new in our lantern, and Ioo desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a lantern-guard, the combination of Separate vertical Wires and a horizontal top y In a lantern guard7 a horizontal Wire Wire with ends adapted to forni hinges for the with ends adapted to vl'orm hinges for the lanlantern-top, substantially as described. Lern-top7 substantially as described. t

2. In alantern-guard, the combination of l lu testimony whereofwoailix our signatures 5 separate vertical wires, horizontal breastin presence 0l" two Witnesses. wires meeting direegly over one/vol' said ver- ALFRED L. BARON.

tical wires7 andV a clasp, c, provided wit-l1 XVl'LLL/.Xlsl T. RUFlfllli. wings c and body c, all constructed and an ranged substantially as and l'or the purposes io srt ferilli. 

